Rotating photo box-these must be a better way
I am spending far too much time finding the so called CROSS-HAIRS in order to rotate my photo boxes in a book I am producing, any shortcuts please. PS I have the latest version 1.5.3
I see what you mean now. When editing the book, make sure you press on the buttom at the top that has a square on each corner of the box and a cross inside that box. It's called 'edit layout'.
Then press on the photo you need to rotate and the crosshairs show when the mouse it's over one of the squares on the corners and you move it a bit away from the photo. Hope this makes sense.
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I have posted the kluge-y code which handles all of the image gallery functions below.
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import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
var wait:PleaseWait = new PleaseWait();
wait.x = 400;
wait.y = 50;
addChild(wait);
var waitFadeIn:Tween = new Tween(wait, "alpha", Regular.easeOut, 0, 1, 1, true);
var titleText:TextField;
var textSprite:Sprite;
//thumbH is the ideal height for our thumbnails, and thumbW the ideal width
var thumbH = 120;
var thumbW = 170;
//loadH is the ideal height for our fullsize images, and loadW the ideal width
var loadH = 500;
var loadW = 600;
//some counter numbers
var thumbNum = 1;
var loadNum = 1;
//some Sprites which need to be accessed by more than one function
var darkStage:Sprite;
var loadSprite:Sprite;
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//Since Arrays of Loaders can't be copied, we have to go through the process twice.
var thumbArray:Array = new Array();
var loadArray:Array = new Array();
firstLoad();
firstThumb();
function firstLoad():void {
trace("firstLoad");
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loadski.load(new URLRequest("images/fulls/0.png"));
loadski.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadComplete);
loadArray.push(loadski);
//Starting with the above Loader, this function will execute every time the Loader completes
function loadComplete(e:Event):void {
trace("loadComplete");
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loadski.load(new URLRequest("images/fulls/" + loadNum + ".png"));
loadArray.push(loadski);
loadski.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadComplete);
loadski.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, loadError);
loadNum++;
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//it will thorw an IOError Event at which point the following function will execute.
function loadError(e:IOErrorEvent):void {
trace("loadError");
loadArray.pop();
loadNum = 0;
loadResize();
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//contains a null reference (beacuse the IOError Event is asynchronous.)
thumbArray.pop();
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thumbNum = 0;
//Add the little arrows that allow the user to click to see more thumbnails (if there are more
//than 8 images on the server.)
removeChild(wait);
addArrows();
//Let's resize the images to thumbnail size and add them to the display list.
thumbResize();
addClickOnThumb();
function loadResize():void {
trace("loadResize");
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if ( loadArray[loadNum].content.width > loadW || loadArray[loadNum].content.height > loadH) {
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if ( loadArray[loadNum].content.width > loadArray[loadNum].content.height ) {
//Scaler 1 is the ratio of the ideal width to the image width
var scaler1 = loadW / loadArray[loadNum].content.width;
trace(loadNum + " load scaler 1: " + scaler1);
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loadArray[loadNum].content.scaleX = loadArray[loadNum].content.scaleY = scaler1;
//Otherwise, apply Scaler 2
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var scaler2 = loadH / loadArray[loadNum].content.height;
trace(loadNum + " load scaler 2: " + scaler2);
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var scaler3 = loadW / loadArray[loadNum].content.width;
trace(loadNum + " load scaler 3: " + scaler3);
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} else {
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trace(loadNum + " load scaler 4: " + scaler4);
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loadArray[loadNum].content.x = - (loadArray[loadNum].content.width / 2);
loadArray[loadNum].content.y = - (loadArray[loadNum].content.height / 2);
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function firstThumb():void {
trace("firstThumb");
//Let's populate the first Array with Loaders that load the images Mom has put on the server.
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thumbski.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, thumbComplete);
//We add the MouseEvent.CLICK listener to the actual Loader instance so that, later on, in the
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//the thumbnail that the user is clicking on with that of the loadArray.
thumbski.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, enLarge);
thumbArray.push(thumbski);
//Starting with the above Loader, this function will execute every time the Loader completes
function thumbComplete(event:Event):void {
trace("thumbComplete");
var thumbski = new Loader();
thumbski.load(new URLRequest("images/thumbs/" + thumbNum + ".png"));
thumbski.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, thumbComplete);
//We add the IOErrorEvent listener so that as soon as this error is thrown, we will exit this loop
//and proceed to the next logical step in the program can be taken.
thumbski.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, enLarge);
thumbArray.push(thumbski);
thumbNum++;
function addArrows():void {
//Let's determine how many batches there are. A batch is the minimum amount of thumbnail images
//mom wants to show up onscreen at a time. In this case, she has decided on 8.
var batches = Math.ceil(thumbArray.length / 8);
//The variable m is part of a kluge fix related to the calculation of startX (explained below.)
var m = 0;
//Pseudocode for this loop: If there are at least two batches, then...
//We do this because less than 2 batches doesn't warrant arrows
if (batches > 1) {
for (var k = 1; k < batches; k++) {
//triW is the desired width of our arrows
var triW = 20;
//startX is the x position of the start of our rightward facing triangle(s)
//The formula says: Our x starting position should be a triangle width shy of the
//far edge of the stage (multiplying it by k ensures it happens as many times
//as there are batches, which is why we intialize k = 1.) Every subsequent iteration
//of the formula has to add a triangle's width worth of distance, except for the
//very first one, which is why it is multiplied by m, which is initially set to 0.
var startX = (((stage.stageWidth - triW) * k) + (triW * m));
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//max height of every thumbnail is thumbW, that would seem to be the natural choice
//for the starting y position of the arrows. But, we actually have to use thumbW/2
//because the thumbnails have already been offset by half of thumbW due to being
//aligned vertically with each other.
var startY = (thumbW / 2);
//This is the rightward facing triangle
var tri:Sprite = new Sprite();
tri.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF);
tri.graphics.moveTo(startX, startY);
tri.graphics.lineTo(startX, (startY + triW));
tri.graphics.lineTo((startX + triW), (startY + (triW/2)));
tri.graphics.lineTo(startX, startY);
tri.graphics.endFill();
tri.buttonMode = true;
tri.useHandCursor = true;
tri.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, moveLeft);
addChild(tri);
//This is the leftward facing triangle
var tri2:Sprite = new Sprite();
var startX2 = (startX + (triW * 2));
tri2.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF);
tri2.graphics.moveTo(startX2, startY);
tri2.graphics.lineTo(startX2, (startY + triW));
tri2.graphics.lineTo((startX2 - triW), (startY + (triW / 2)));
tri2.graphics.lineTo(startX2, startY);
tri2.graphics.endFill();
tri2.buttonMode = true;
tri2.useHandCursor = true;
tri2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, moveRight);
addChild(tri2);
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m++;
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function moveLeft(event:MouseEvent):void {
var leftTween:Tween = new Tween(this, "x", Regular.easeOut, this.x, (this.x - 800), .5, true);
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function moveRight(event:MouseEvent):void {
var rightTween:Tween = new Tween(this, "x", Regular.easeOut, this.x, (this.x + 800), .5, true);
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//to the display list.
function thumbResize():void {
//The highest level of organization of thumbnails is the batch. There are only as many batches
//as the length of the thumbArray divided by 8 (the max amount of thumbnails in a batch, as determined
//by mom.)
for (var batch = 0; batch < Math.ceil(thumbArray.length / 8); batch++) {
trace("batch " + batch);
//This Sprite serves as the container that we use to position entire batches
var batchSprite: Sprite = new Sprite();
//The logic behind setting the x position of the batchSprite to 800 x batch should be self-evident --
//we want each new batch to be 800 pixels to the right of the former one -- but the addition of (thumbW
//divided by 1.5) is a kluge fix for how much space to give the batches on left margin.
batchSprite.x = (thumbW / 1.5) + (batch * 800);
addChild(batchSprite);
//The second highest level of organization for our thumbnails is the row. Our grid of thumbnails is
//two rows deep.
for (var row = 0; row < 2; row++) {
trace(" row " + row);
//The third highest level of organization for our thumbnails is the column. Our grid of thumbnails is
//four columns deep.
for (var col = 0; col < 4; col++) {
trace(" col " + col);
trace(" thumb " + thumbNum);
if (thumbNum < thumbArray.length) {
//The following is the logic structure for handling the resizing of images. The goal was to develop
//a system robust enough to allow my mom to put whatever size images she wanted on the server and the
//app would use them. The logic is explained at each step...
//If the width of the image is greater than the ideal width, OR the height is greater than the ideal height...
if ( thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width > thumbW || thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height > thumbH) {
//And if the width of the image is greater than the height, apply Scaler 1...
if ( thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width > thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height ) {
//Scaler 1 is the ratio of the ideal width to the image width
var scaler1 = thumbW / thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width;
trace(" scaler1 = " + scaler1);
//Apply Scaler 1 to both the width and height of the image
thumbArray[thumbNum].content.scaleX = thumbArray[thumbNum].content.scaleY = scaler1;
trace(" image width:" + thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width);
trace(" image height:" + thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height);
//Otherwise, apply Scaler 2
} else {
//Scaler 2 is the ratio of the ideal width to the image height
var scaler2 = thumbW / thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height;
trace(" scaler2 = " + scaler2);
//Apply Scaler 2 to both the width and height of the image
thumbArray[thumbNum].content.scaleX = thumbArray[thumbNum].content.scaleY = scaler2;
trace(" image width:" + thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width);
trace(" image height:" + thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height);
//Otherwise... (that is, the image width and height are in both cases less than the ideal)
} else {
//And if the width of the image is greater than the heigh, apply Scaler 3
if ( thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width > thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height ) {
//Scaler 3 is the ratio of the ideal width to the image width
var scaler3 = thumbW / thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width;
trace(" scaler3 = " + scaler3);
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thumbArray[thumbNum].content.scaleX = thumbArray[thumbNum].content.scaleY = scaler3;
trace(" image width:" + thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width);
trace(" image height:" + thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height);
} else {
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var scaler4 = thumbW / thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height;
trace(" scaler4 = " + scaler4);
//Apply Scaler 4 to both the width and height of the image
thumbArray[thumbNum].content.scaleX = thumbArray[thumbNum].content.scaleY = scaler4;
trace(" image width:" + thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width);
trace(" image height:" + thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height);
//Here is where we center the images vertically...
thumbArray[thumbNum].content.x = - (thumbArray[thumbNum].content.width / 2);
//Here is where we center the images horizontally...
thumbArray[thumbNum].content.y = - (thumbArray[thumbNum].content.height / 2);
//Before placing them in their own container Sprite, so that their relative positions can be
//determined accurately (a task that would've been otherwise impossible after the
//adjustments to position made above.)
var thumby = new MovieClip();
thumby.addChild(thumbArray[thumbNum]);
//thumbW being the max possible length or width of any one thumbnail (this was done for visual
//consistency and codified in the logic tree above), placing two thumbnails thumbW
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thumby.x = (col * (thumbW + (thumbW / 8)));
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var dS:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter(5, 45, 0x000000, 0.33, 5, 5, 1, 1);
fA.push(dS);
thumby.filters = fA;
trace("thumby.width = " + thumby.width);
trace("thumby.height = " + thumby.height);
batchSprite.addChild(thumby);
thumbNum++;
function enLarge(event:MouseEvent):void {
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indexNum = thumbArray.indexOf(event.currentTarget);
trace("indexNum = " + indexNum);
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darkStage.graphics.beginFill(0x333333, .9);
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Wow, that's great; thanks! Can I ask what settings you used to get the files so small?
Yes, I am familiar with Photoshop and image optimization issues, but I didn't realize that PNG was so much bigger than JPG and that I had so much file size I could shed before I would notice a degradation in image quality. Your advice will certainly help greatly, and I will certainly apply it to the thumbs as well. I think my mom will be very pleased. : )
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I've owned iPods since day one and yet I continue to (barely) tolerate an annoying circumstance, as follows: manually deleting songs and videos (mind you, I'm not referring to playlists) will free up some space on [put your iPod iteration here] but NEVER results in freeing up space equal to the size of the songs or videos deleted. As a result, the remaining "fragmented" space builds up over time and creates a serious loss of available "free" space — unless one performs a Restore and starts loading from scratch. Happily, Restore will double — or triple! — the amount of available (re: writable) space on iPods — but serious cost in personal time and trouble
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Buy a larger-capacity iPod, then.
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I have a backing bean (CustomerBean) extended from class Customer that talks to a DOA for access to a JDBC pooled resource.
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super.setStart(new java.sql.Date(startDate.getYear(),startDate.getMonth(),startDate.getDate()));
and
public java.util.Date getStartDate() {
return super.getStart();
using:
<h:outputLabel value="Start"/>
<h:inputText id="startDate" value="#{customerBean.startDate}" required="false">
<f:convertDateTime pattern="dd/MM/yyyy"/>
</h:inputText>
<h:message for="startDate" styleClass="message"/>
the super property 'start' is a java.sql.Date. The line that bothers me is:
super.setStart(new java.sql.Date(startDate.getYear(),startDate.getMonth(),startDate.getDate()));
it uses deprecated constructor. (java.sql.Date(int year, int month, int day);
Where should I be looking for a more elegant solution? (GregorianCalendar? Anything else?)
Thanks in advance,
- DavidThanks...
I did it this way:
Customer.java has...
private java.sql.Date start;
and getters and setters...
CustomerBean.java extends Customer, has no field but the getters and setters...
public java.util.Date getStartDate() {
return super.getStart();
public void setStartDate(java.util.Date startDate) {
if (startDate == null)
super.setStart(null);
else
super.setStart(new java.sql.Date(startDate.getTime()));
seems to work and my customer has it's dates as sql dates (that way I only convert dates when I actually need them updateable on screen rather than each read of a customer record from the DB.)
To display the date I use
<h:outputText value="#{customerBean.startDate}">
<f:convertDateTime dateStyle="full"/>
</h:outputText>
To edit it, I use
<h:inputText id="startDate" value="#{customerBean.startDate}" required="false">
<f:convertDateTime dateStyle="short"/>
</h:inputText>
Is this a valid or recommended way?
- David -
Upgrading to Lion, There Must be a Better Way Than Migration Assistant!
I finally got around to updating to Lion and it's turned out to be a little frustrating.
First Attempt: simply updating over the top of my existing Snow Leopard installation. I had a variety of annoyances mostly surrounding the amazing amount of cruft laying around from years of installing, then removing apps and just upgrading new versions of Mac OS on top of the existing ones.
Second Attempt: Partition the drive, did a clean installation, used Migration Assistant and moved my old account to the new installation. This resulted in most of the cruft coming over, many of the annoyances remaining, and some settings and daemons mysteriously disappearing.
Third Attempt: Deleted the second attempt, did another clean installation, created a new account with the same name as the old account, and then copied only the data I really wanted (Documents, iTunes Library, Mail Data, &tc...). This resulted in dozens of annoyances stemming from permission problems.
So... how do I jettison all the artifacts from the past while only keeping the data I really want? How do developers deal with having more than one working installation on a Mac? Do they never move stuff between them?I pretty much agree with baltwo on this. The only way to weed out the 'cruft' is to reinstall each program manually, copy data from your Pictures, Documents, Music, and Movies folders. Then to be very careful about what you move from the old Library into the new one. Invariably this process leads to missing templates and other issues that take several days - and longer - to resolve. The end result? Your computer doesn't run noticeably faster and you gain perhaps a whopping couple GB or less of drive space.
I speak from experience. I have performed this painful task twice (and was very thankful to have complete backups that I didn't erase because I didn't realize I was missing some templates for several months). My two work desktops and notebook go all the way back to Jaguar and they are no faster than my home computers of the same vintage. -
Mysterious but clever facility on Macbook rotating photos for display.
I have a question that has puzzled me for days and I can't find out how or why the Macbook does this.
I took a photo on my digi camera in "Portrait" orientation or mode in other words I turned the camera sideways on to take a photo of a tall building. When I transferred the jpg from camera card to Macbook desktop the photo thumbnail on the desktop was mysteriously rotated by stealth purely for viewing as a thumbnail on the screen. More confusion followed! When I transfer the same photo to my PC (sorry to use a two letter word!) the photo on the desktop is still in "landscape" mode and opening it in any PC software displays it in landscape sideways on so I have to rotate it and save it in new orientation.
I tried opening the picture on the Macbook using Preview and it appears there, turned into correct orientation (Portrait) but the picture hasn't been rotated by me. Also when I attach the said photo to an email it dumps the picture on its side (un-rotated) so is impossible to view properly by the recipient of the mail unless they rotate the picture in software external to their email client. Or perhaps turn their monitor on its side, or get a crick in their neck
On the Macbook opening the picture using a web-browser it appears the way it is in reality ie on its side and needs turning through 90 deg. But Preview and iPhoto both turn it the right way up for viewing. So the picture is artificially "righted" by desktop thumbnail view; by iPhoto viewing; by Preview viewing, but left in its original orientation for email and webpage viewing.
How does the Macbook know that this is a photo that has arrived on its side and needs rotating to view it, but then leaves the actual physical rotation to us for doing in an external program?
This secret facility did slightly wrong-foot me as I forgot to rotate the picture and added it to an email both by Insert facility and Attach facility and in both instances the photo sat in the email on its side.
My bible "Switching to the mac Leopard Edition" says nothing about this trick of Macs to display unrotated photos in correct view. Can anyone please throw any light on this concept for me?
Thanks in advance
PladoWell the plot thickens a bit here. I managed to get a photo with rotational information built-in, to appear in Thunderbird email the right way up by Rotating Anti Clockwise 3 times. Then when I added the picture to email it ended up the right way up.
So the next day I tried another experiment and I switched off the AUTO-ROTATE setting in the Canon Camera and took a picture in Portrait orientation (turning the camera on its side as usual) I then took an identical photo with Auto-Rotate switched back on. I imported both pictures to the Macbook. I saw that the auto rotate "on" setting picture appeared on my macbook desktop rotated the right way for viewing. The one with auto-rotate switched off appeared on desktop on its side.
Now I went to add both pictures to Thunderbird email by Insert as usual and for some inexplicable reason the odd behaviour decided to cure itself and the auto-rotate photo appeared in the email the right way up instead of on its side, and the auto-rotate switched off photo appeared in the email on its side.
I sent the email to someone who verified that picture one was the right way up, and picture 2 was on its side. So this sounds to me like it's a stupid phenomenon of Thunderbird mail as installed on a mac. There can be no other reason why it behaves one way yesterday and the opposite effect the next day.
So I think my problem is solved now. But I bet the peculiar behaviour returns as this afternoon Thunderbird stopped displaying any cursor when clicking in the text of what I was writing. Something weird going on with that. Exasperating!
Plado -
When my Start button is clicked it changes a member variable from false to true.
Here is a simplified version of my code:
public class gdvdhomevideo
private boolean blnBegin;
public static void main(String[] args)
while(blnBegin == false){}
//perform operations
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
String command = e.getActionCommand();
if(command.equals("Start"))
blnBegin = true;
}So when the user clicks start it exits the while loop and the program starts performing other functions. The problem is that this approach is 100% CPU intensive and I know that there must be a better way?1) Code executed in the main() is NOT running on the event thread. Don't do any GUI code from the main thread... You know, stuff like showing windows, attaching event listeners etc.. You need to wrap all that stuff in a Runnable and pass that Runnable to SwingUtilities.invokeLater().
2) Assuming the stuff you're doing in the main() is actually thread safe and doesn't touch the GUI, you can simply startup a new Thread and put your code in there. (see below)
3) You class name is named badly. Please check out sun's java coding conventions. It is very nice to have coding conventions. Use them! ;-)
4) if you want to setup your program as a loop rather than simply relying on user actions to fire events, then I'd suggest you use a timer that notifies on the event thread every X where X is a non-zero polling interval. I think there's a class is called SwingTimer that does this sort of thing for you.
What you're attempting to do is non-trivial.. so.. ummm.. have fun..
public class gdvdhomevideo
private boolean blnBegin;
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
SwingUtilities.invokeLater( new Runnable() {
public void run() {
//setup stuff in here.
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
String command = e.getActionCommand();
if(command.equals("Start"))
new Thread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
//perform operations but don't touch the GUI.
}.start();
} -
I have been wondering if there is a better way to detect single clicks Vs double clikcs than the model currently implemented. I am sure all of you have run into the problem of even though an event listener detects a double click eventually, it detects the single click first, so often you have to compromise the quality of your software to account for that. I have considered writing my own custom handler using threads and such, but it seems to me there must be a better way out there that I just have not been able to find. I need a way to detect double clicks, and fool the machine into believing no single click has occured. Must I re-invent the wheel?
ACI agree that GUIs should have some uniformity to
them..especially as we enter an age where computers
are ubiquitous. But there are some situations where
customized behavior is preferrable. If you have ever
worked with movie special effects software, some art
software, music software, especially, you know that to
make a GUI intuitive, sometimes liberties must be
taken with the 'standard' gui design.The application determines the standard not the OS nor the GUI.
And to say 'Your code is not standard, therefore the
fact that java cannont accurately distinguish between
single and double clicks is your problem' smacks of
nonsense to me.
We all know that Java is a great
language.Java is not just a language it is a platform and a philosophy.
It is quicker and easier to program in,
than c++, but it is not at full maturity. Every c++
development environment I have ever used had the
ability built in to distinguish between a true single
click and a double click.As does Swing..
I love Java, but most
programmers could fill a page with the enhancements
that it needs. Not all enhancements are practical.
Like many I balked when I first started with Java at
the fact that it did not have true multiple
inheritence. I now realize that
I never really needed it anyway. But some things, eg
templates, I definitely could still use. That being,
said, thanks for the dialog. Templates are a complicated horror, unless you really need your software to be truly adaptable you will never use them. Even MS, Sun and IBM disposed of that need a long time ago. -
Multi-plot Graphs, is there a better way?
I am still not good at graphs in LabView but I think I am making some programs and I can usually get a graph to show with I want it to show with only a few hours of dinking around with it...
Anyway using graphs certainly makes for messy code unless there is a better way to wire this. Basically this graph shows four temperature probes and is updated every minute. Every 15 minutes a check for stabilization is run. Seemingly the only way I have been able to get multiple plots with Time as the X-Axis is to use an X-Y chart, but I have to index my readings out individually and put each in it's own shift register, and add it to the graph separately.
There must be a better way?
Solved!
Go to Solution.
Attachments:
G2.jpg 258 KBI think part of your problem is you are not aware of the "concatenate inputs" option for build array. You don't need multiple build arrays for the array of clusters you are wiring into the graph (pink wire). Just expand the build array, wire in all your clusters, then right click the build array and choose "concatenate inputs". Next, you can use a cluster to store all your graph arrays (orange wires) which will greatly clean up your diagram.
CLA, LabVIEW Versions 2010-2013 -
Is there a better way of doing this? I use this a lot, and feel there must be a better way, but don't know what. gridSize is an array that contains x and y dimensions. Some code needs to be executed for each square on the grid. I was once told that avoiding refering to arrays explicitly (i.e. ar[2]) is a good way to go, but I can't figure out how to do that in this instance!
for (int i = 0; i < gridSize[0]; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < gridSize[1]; j++) {
//...code...
}Yeah, I don't think you mean to use gridSize[0], but length. Still, you shouldn't need to specify it like ar[2], keep it a variable. This is how you could loop through every square:for(int i = 0; i < gridSize.length; i++)
for(int j = 0; j < gridSize.length; j++)
//...code...
}Just note that the <i> is really [i] because of a forum software bug. -
Have you got a better idea? Is there a better way? ( arrays )
Hello!
First post here and ofcourse it is a question I hopo you people don't mind. I will get right to the point:
I have a picture , or to be precise the pixels of a picture stored as a 3 dimensional array in the form of
img[y][x][color].
Since I am working on grayscale the color doesn't matter , so de facto I have a 2dim array of X-Y coordinates. For my programm ( a line tracker of sorts) I need to be able to select a subgroup of this array. This subgroup should be equivalent to a small (appr. 10x20 pixels wide) box in the original picture. My problem is that this box could be at any angle, that is it's side do not have to run parallel to the x-y-Axis.
Now how would be the best way of doing this?
My idea is to calculate the lines of the rectangle geometricaly and then try to approximate them onto the array. After that I can use them as boundaries to select every pixel that is inside the box.
Is there a better way? Does somebody have any experience with something similar?
Any help would be greatly appreciated...
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Try reindexing the mailbox. This can take awhile if you have a lot of mail.
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